long time no news ...

Well, I realize it has been a while since I have posted new comments or pix. I hope to make up for lost time! Much has been happening in the Mathews household since my last post. We have seen quite a bit of calamity as far as plumbing, water damage, and multiple-appliance failure. We are still putting things back in order after all of that. We will have a remodeled bathroom when it is all said and done, and may even end up with a new oven (ours has been broken since just after Thanksgiving!). On top of all the house issues, I have been quite afflicted with one inconvenient and painful ailment after another. From Christmas until now, I have been through losing my voice, mastitis, extreme tooth pain, acute gastritis (due to the ibuprofen I was taking for the pain of the previous two ailments), and the removal of all four (three of which were impacted) wisdom teeth! My jaw is still a bit sore and swollen, but I am seeing the light at the end of this tunnel. Actually, I think I am seeing a big, juicy hamburger at the end of this tunnel. With the gastritis, I lost about 12-14 pounds because I couldn't eat anything without experiencing very sharp pain and burning. The upside to all of this is that I am starting the year out under my pre-pregnancy weight, and I am feeling very anxious to get back into the swing of things. I am hoping I can ride the wave of this energy spurt for the next six months! ;-)

Anyway, here are few fun pix of all of us from the past couple of months:

"I can't move my arms!" This is how we bundle Hay Baby up to go out into the East Tn cold.


Asher playing with his new "hunter" set from Nanny and Poppy. Notice the bright orange hat he must wear so no other hunters will mistake him for a deer!


Sometimes we get so tired around here that we collapse in some interesting positions. Here is Elias with a sticker name-tag over his eye. I found him like this after checking in on him. He rarely "naps" now and his "quiet time" is never very quiet, with him singing or talking to himself the entire time. But on this day he was suspiciously quiet!


Here is Justin in the throes of bathroom demolition. Remember the "funny" incident with our toilet I wrote about. Turns out it leaked down in more places than I originally thought and we had to pull up carpet and remove carpet padding. As a result of the water damage we also had to remove the bathroom linoleum. We figured if we are ripping into the lovely pink and striped bathroom we might as well get to remodeling it. Out with the pink and in with the deep soak tub, new vanity, toilet and flooring!


This is the Sun Sphere in Knoxville. It is a leftover from the old World's Fair days. We spent a lovely Fall afternoon at World's Fair park and Justin snapped this picture of me with the world at my fingertips.


Love to you all. I will put up some Christmas pix of the kiddos up this week. Keep checking back. I am back in the saddle and plan on getting a more regular posting schedule together!

Blessings!

Jodi